Joshua 23:11 · KJV
“Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. {yourselves: Heb. your souls}”
— Joshua 23:11
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he {it is} that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, {even} these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
Joshua 23 — Context
For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but {as for} you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. {For the LORD...: or, Then the LORD will drive}
10One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he {it is} that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
11Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. {yourselves: Heb. your souls}
12Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, {even} these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
13Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out {any of} these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
Cross References
Joshua 22:5
But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 6:5-12
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to {his} purpose.
Jude 1:20-21
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
1 Corinthians 8:3
But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Proverbs 4:23
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}